Frost String Quartet Fairfax County · Est. 2023

Fairfax County, Virginia Est. Fall 2023 Admission $0

We play where a concert rarely comes.

Frost String Quartet is a student-led chamber ensemble from Fairfax County, Virginia. We bring live classical music into memory-care homes, senior residences, nursing centers and hospitals — places where a concert rarely comes. Admission is always free. We are guided by our strings instructor, Mrs. Anne‑Marie Patterson.

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Admission
Free — no fee has ever been charged
Rooms we play
Memory care · senior residences · nursing centres · hospitals · cancer centres
Guided by
Mrs. Anne‑Marie Patterson
Strings Instructor & Faculty Guide
Named after
Frost Middle School
First room
Brightview Memory Care, Annandale, Virginia · November 17, 2023

Pl. 01Harmonograph

Four pendulums, one pen. The quartet’s four open strings — 440, 294, 220 and 65 Hz — reduced to the whole-number ratio 6 : 4 : 3 : 1, which is what closes the figure into a rosette instead of a scribble. The machine is run four times and inked once per chair.

  • ×6
  • ×4
  • ×3
  • ×1

4 swings · decay e−0.24 f0.55t · paper turned 0.46 rad per pass · seed “index”

  • Violin I A4 · 440 Hz
  • Violin II D4 · 294 Hz
  • Viola A3 · 220 Hz
  • Cello C2 · 65 Hz
  • Four pendulums, four passes — hover anywhere
01 11 Concerts performed Since November 2023
02 7 Partner venues Memory care, senior living, hospitals
03 7 Student musicians Grades 9–10, Fairfax County
04 $0 Charged to any audience Every concert is free
01 / 220 Hz
The mission

To spread the joy of music to those in need.

Founded in the fall of 2023 by Sophia, Clive, Andrew and Joel — four friends from the same youth orchestra — and named after their middle school, Frost.

  1. 01Practice with purpose — rehearse seriously and build the discipline chamber music asks of every player.
  2. 02Serve the community — give free concerts in senior residences, memory care, nursing centres and hospitals.
  3. 03Mentor younger musicians — return to the classroom and encourage the students coming next.
“The residents’ faces lit up as music filled the room — smiles were everywhere.”
From the quartet’s account of Brightview Memory Care · November 17, 2023

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Sophia, Clive, Joel and Andrew, the four founding members of Frost String Quartet, photographed outdoors together.
Pl. 02The four founding members
02 / 65 Hz
The room this is for

A lounge, a semicircle of chairs, and four players in it.

The one photograph on this site that shows the whole point: the residents are in the foreground, and they stay there — this plate is reproduced whole, never cropped to the players.

The quartet playing in a care-centre lounge, the heads of seated residents in the foreground.
Pl. 03Playing for residents — the rooms this quartet was formed forReproduced whole · the foreground is the meaning
03 / 294 Hz
How it began

Four friends, one youth orchestra, and a plan that kept growing.

  1. 2023 / 01

    Four friends, one idea

    Sophia, Clive, Andrew and Joel met in the same youth orchestra. In the fall of 2023 they formed a quartet and named it after their middle school, Frost. Their strings instructor, Mrs. Anne‑Marie Patterson, helped them turn rehearsals into a plan.

  2. 2023 / 02

    The first room

    Their first concert was at Brightview Memory Care in Annandale, Virginia. The residents’ faces lit up as music filled the room — smiles were everywhere. The quartet returned twice that same school year.

  3. 2024 / 03

    Beyond memory care

    The ensemble played for the FCPS Social Workers Annual Conference and kept returning to Brightview. Word travelled between activity directors across the county.

  4. 2025 / 04

    A summer of seven concerts

    Chesterbrook Residences, Fairfax Nursing Center, Brightview Senior Living and INOVA Schar Cancer Center in the summer. Then Sibley Memorial Hospital, the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and INOVA Schar again in December — in Santa hats.

  5. 2026 / 05

    Seven musicians

    Micaela, Mina and Hyunseo joined the founding four. More players means more rooms, more repertoire, and concerts that can run when school schedules collide.

The founding quartet demonstrating chamber music to younger students in the Frost Middle School orchestra room.
Pl. 04Mentoring younger musicians at Frost Middle School
Sophia Wang seated with her violin at the edge of an empty concert-hall stage.
Pl. 05Sophia Wang · Violin I
Joel Sohn seated with his cello in open grassland beside a lake.
Pl. 06Joel Sohn · Cello
“What began as a simple idea grew into something truly meaningful, reminding us that even small acts can leave a lasting impact.”
The founding members
04 / 440 Hz
Meet the Quartet

Four founders. Seven musicians.

Sophia, Clive, Joel and Andrew founded the quartet. Three performing members joined in 2026 and fill in when school and travel schedules require it.

All seven members with their instruments in a gallery room, photographed on film.
Pl. 07All sevenSeven on the roster; four play any one concert

Sophia Wang

Violin I

Founding memberMcLean High School

Clive Song

Violin II

Founding memberC.G. Woodson High School, Fairfax

Andrew Lam

Viola

Founding memberThomas Jefferson High School

Joel Sohn

Cello

Founding memberThomas Jefferson High School

Micaela Bodian

Viola

Performing memberThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Mina Liu

Violin

Performing memberMcLean High School, Class of 2029

Hyunseo Lee

Violin

Performing memberLake Braddock Secondary School

Read all seven biographies

05 / 220 Hz
Most recent

Eleven concerts since November 2023.

  • 11 December 22, 2025 INOVA Schar Cancer Center Hospital Fairfax, VA
  • 10 December 21, 2025 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Medical center Washington, DC
  • 09 December 6, 2025 Sibley Memorial Hospital Hospital Washington, DC
  • 08 July 24, 2025 INOVA Schar Cancer Center Hospital Fairfax, VA
The founding quartet performing for senior residents, with the audience preserved in the foreground.
Pl. 08Community concert at The Virginian

The full timeline and the rooms

06 / A4
Voices

What we hear back.

“Ohhhhh we were so happy to have you all come and play for us and can’t wait to have you all back.”
Lisa S. · Brightview Annandale Verified message

Voices & feedback

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If you would like the quartet to perform at your facility, share your openings and your favorite music genre or pieces. There is no fee.

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Who we play for

Memory care and assisted living Senior residences Nursing and rehabilitation centers Hospitals and cancer centers Community and staff events